Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Halichondriidae:
- Amorphinopsis <small>Carter, 1887</small>
- Axinyssa <small>Lendenfeld, 1897</small>
- Ciocalapata <small>Laubenfels, 1936</small>
- Ciocalypta <small>Bowerbank, 1862</small>
- Cryptax <small>de Laubenfels, 1954</small>
- Epipolasis <small>Laubenfels, 1936</small>
- Halichondria <small>Fleming, 1828</small>
- Hymeniacidon <small>Bowerbank, 1858</small>
- Johannesia <small>Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008</small>
- Laminospongia <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1983</small>
- Sarcomella <small>Schmidt, 1868</small>
- Semisuberites <small>Carter, 1877</small>
- Spongosorites <small>Topsent, 1896</small>
- Topsentia <small>Berg, 1899</small>
- Vosmaeria <small>Fristedt, 1885</small>
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